Protein flags Car-T cells for digestion by NK cells
The protein B7H6, which is highly expressed on activated human T cells, can flag the cells for clearance by natural killer (NK) cells, weakening the...
PulseSight to disrupt AMD space
Aiming to address the pressing challenges of age-related macular diseases (AMD), including wet and dry AMD, along with geographic atrophy (GA),...
Roche opens €90m gene therapy development centre
Roche sees the €90m investment as a harbinger of the German government's "National Strategy for Gene and Cell Therapies", which has been...
Spanish Ferrer SA pays €122.5m for ALS candidate
Ferrer inked a €112.5m deal with the US-headquartered AI drug discovery specialist Verge Genomics to commercialise the PIKfyve (1...
Seabelife SAS to develop next-gen dry AMD drug
French drug developer SeaBeLife SAS has bagged a €1.5m fund within the i-Nov 2024 innovation competition, which is part of the French government’s...
New law to speed up clinical trials
The draft Medical Research Act (Medizinforschungsgesetz) presented by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach in Berlin before Easter is the centrepiece of...
Gene therapy supplier MIP Discovery closes £7M Series A financing
The £7m Series A financing of British gene therapy vector specialist MIP Discovery Ltd was led by lMercia Ventures.Existing investor Calculus Capital...